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(06.03 MC) The passage below is an excerpt from Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations (1776). Use the passage to answer the following question: The market price of every particular commodity is regulated by the proportion between the quantity which is actually brought to market, and the demand of those who are willing to pay the natural price of the commodity… –Public Domain Why would Karl Marx disagree with Smith’s statement? (5 points)

(05.03 MC) What was the relationship between medieval theories about scientific reasoning and the kind of reasoning favored during the Scientific Revolution? (10 points)

(06.06 MC) How did Nelson Mandela influence democratic reforms in South Africa? (5 points)

(08.01 LC) Why did President Eisenhower create the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)? (5 points)

(06.06 MC) How did World War I assist the women’s suffrage movement in the United States? (5 points)

(05.03 MC) In what way did Descartes’ philosophy of science challenge medieval views? (5 points)

(05.05 LC) How did the Reformation contribute to the birth of the Enlightenment? (5 points)

(05.01 MC) Use the graph below, which shows the number of immigrants in several European countries in 2009, to answer the following question: Which of the following can be inferred from the graph? (5 points)

(05.04 LC) Which scientist transformed modern physics by developing the theory of relativity? (5 points)

(05.04 LC) The Wright brothers are most famous for (5 points)